Victimization Experiences and Adolescent Substance Use

Adolescent substance use.

Impulsivity, peer influence, and adolescent substance use

Peer Victimization, Depressive Symptoms, and Substance Use: A Longitudinal Analysis.

BACKGROUND Peer victimization is common among youth and associated with substance use. Yet, few studies have examined these associations longitudinally or the psychological processes whereby peer victimization leads to substance use. The current study examined whether peer victimization in early adolescence is associated with alcohol, marijuana, and tobacco use in mid- to late adolescence, as w...

Parental substance use consequences and adolescent psychopathology.

OBJECTIVE This study examines the relationship between parental substance use consequences and adolescent psychological problems by gender of the adolescent and gender of the parent. METHOD The data in this study were collected between 1989 and 1994 from 173 (116 proband and 57 control) families participating in the Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism (COGA) project. All 173 ado...

Adolescent victimization and subsequent use of mental health counseling services.

PURPOSE To test the extent to which adolescent victimization predicts subsequent use of mental health services in a prospectively assessed nationwide sample of high school students. METHODS Data were analyzed from 4590 adolescents participating in Waves I and II of the National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent Health. In-home self-report data were collected on four types of personal victimiz...